Persons with Mental Disabilities and the United States Justice System: a Study of Injustice and Contradiction

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dc.contributor.authorBrookstone, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-07T15:42:58Z
dc.date.available2015-08-07T15:42:58Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionHonorable Mention winner of the Friends of Fondren Library Undergraduate Research Awards, 2011.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores a short history of the mentally challenged in the legal system and makes comparisons between how the legal system treats subjects with borderline intellectual functioning and juveniles with normal intellectually functioning. The research contained in this paper amply proves the prevalence of nefarious consequences stemming from strict legal boundaries through two case study examples. The paper then proposes an experiment designed to prove that mentally challenged offenders do not meet the culpability standards set forth by the legal system. Conclusions drawn from the experiment are elaborated upon through their constitutional implications.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBrookstone, Benjamin. "Persons with Mental Disabilities and the United States Justice System: a Study of Injustice and Contradiction." (2011) Rice University: <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/81425">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/81425</a>.*
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/81425
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRice University
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subjectMentally Retardeden_US
dc.subjectBorderline Mentally Retardeden_US
dc.subjectBorderline Intellectual Functioningen_US
dc.subjectMentally Challengeden_US
dc.subjectIQen_US
dc.subjectExecutive Functioningen_US
dc.subjectM’Naughten Atkins v. Virginiaen_US
dc.titlePersons with Mental Disabilities and the United States Justice System: a Study of Injustice and Contradictionen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genreResearch paperen_US
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